Sheila Burns
Founder, LPC, CAADC
Meet Sheila Burns
Founder, LPC, CAADC
Sheila Renae Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the founder of Refreshing Waters Counseling & Consulting. With over 20 years in the mental health field, Sheila brings both depth and heart to her work, offering a space where people feel safe, seen, and supported.
Sheila is especially passionate about exploring generational trauma and familial epigenetics—how patterns of pain, survival, and belief are passed down through families, often unconsciously. She believes in the power of healing not just for the individual, but for future generations, and she walks with clients through the courageous work of breaking old cycles and creating new legacies.
Grounded in her Christian faith, Sheila integrates spiritual insight with practical support, helping people uncover their strength, purpose, and capacity to transform. Her approach is honest, hope-filled, and deeply relational.
Clients often describe her as warm, grounded, and deeply intuitive—a guide who offers both compassion, clarity, and humor on the journey toward healing and freedom.
Outside the Office
Outside of counseling, Sheila finds joy in hiking off the beaten path, listening to the sound of flowing brooks, and expressing her creativity through fashion, sewing, woodworking, and home design. She's an adventurer at heart—always curious, always learning—and dreams of traveling to places like New Zealand, Africa, Ireland and every U.S. National Park.
Specialties
- Trauma, PTSD, CPTSD: Healing & Reclaiming Your Story
- Anxiety & Depression: Emotional Clarity & Inner Calm
- Relationship Issues: Connected Relationships & Healthy Boundaries
- Substance Abuse: Freedom from Unhelpful Coping Patterns
- Grief & Loss: Grief Integration & Honoring Loss
Therapeutic Approaches
Education & Credentials
- MA in Arts/Counseling: CMU 2000
- LPC (MI): #6401008110
- CAADC
Practice Details
- Provides telehealth sessions
- Provides in-person sessions
- Serving people in Michigan
- Insurance: Contracted with Aetna, BCBS, BCN, Cigna, UMH, UMR
